BBC Persian Television
Television channel
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June 2021 | BBC files a complaint with the UN about ongoing harassment of BBC Persian staff through kidnapping threats by the Islamic Republic. |
October 2020 | BBC Newsnight and The Andrew Marr Show begin sharing Studio 54D in the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, London |
2018 | BBC requests UN Human Rights Council intervention to stop Iran from harassing its Persian service staff in London and their families in Iran. |
2017 | Iranian authorities seize the assets of 152 contributors to BBC Persian. |
2016 | Iranian authorities detain Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a former BBC World Service Trust employee. |
February 2012 | BBC Persian resumes full broadcasting on Hotbird. |
February 2011 | Another jamming incident occurs on Hotbird, with BBC Persian showing only a test card with audio service for several months. |
May 26 2010 | BBC Persian returns to a different frequency on Hot Bird 6 after a period of test transmissions. |
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